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Suit: Pickering Chose Mistress Over Senate Seat
Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS) and erstwhile C Street resident turned down Trent Lott's old Senate seat so he could be with his mistress, according to the lawsuit filed by his estranged wife this week.
The suit alleges that when Trent Lott resigned in 2007, Gov. Haley Barbour offered Rep. Pickering the seat. But the congressman turned it down after his girlfriend, Elizabeth Creekmore-Byrd, "insisted" that their relationship could not continue if he accepted the seat, as he would have to stay married for public appearances. She allegedly gave him an ultimatum, and he chose her.
A spokesman for Barbour told Muckraker that he never offered Pickering the seat.
Shortly afterward, the suit says, Pickering moved out of his home. He filed for divorce in 2008, but that case is sealed.
Other gems from the suit, which Leisha Pickering filed against Creekmore-Byrd for alienation of affection:
Creekmore-Byrd is allegedly on the board of Telepak, her family's Internet company, which employs the lobbyist organization Capitol Resources. Pickering claims the mistress got her husband a job with the lobbyists. (A visit to the company's web site shows he does work in their Mississippi office.)
The suit alleges that Creekmore-Byrd aimed "to entice and tortuously interfere" with the Pickerings' marriage, with the help of seven unnamed defendants. It also says the alleged mistress's actions would "evoke outrage and disgust in civilized society."
Pickering alleges that Creekmore-Byrd showed up at a family ski vacation intending to cause a marriage-ending rift.
Leisha Pickering apparently gleaned this information from her husband's journals and other documents, which a judge ordered returned to Rep. Pickering. The judge also apparently forbade Mrs. Pickering and her lawyers from discussing what was in the documents.
You can take a look at the lawsuit here.
Josh
Zachary
Let's see. "with the help of seven unnamed defendants."
Some of the names wouldn't be Coburn, Ensign, Sanford, Wamp, et.al.
July 16, 2009 11:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
It is Mississippi. It could be Dopey, Sneezy. Grumpy, Doc. et.al.
July 17, 2009 9:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
its Mississippi, it might as well be Skeeter, Stinkfinger, Billy Bob, Crazy Eddie, Bubba, Bubba (the other one) and Jeb.
July 17, 2009 1:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Barbers: True 'Slave Masters' Of The Hill
It's important to remember that all of these men are very pious. They all said so. And they need to know certain people ... religiously. As Christians one and all, these gentlemen's knowledge should never be confused with, say, an "oh, yes, god, god, yes, oh, oh, ooooh, uh-oh, god dammit!" type of carnal knowledge.
What these gentlemen were performing was nothing more than enhanced constituent services, albeit uniquely personalized. Call it focused. Very, very narrowly focused; 5-1/8" x 1" avg. (Frank Zappa explained this phenomenon.) Loving the electorate, the people, is not a crime.
However, I do take issue with their hair. All of their hair looks, well, kinda the same; when Ensign's as close as Congress can get to "hep" hair, well. All Congresscritters, to the member, have the same phony looking hair. Is it real or is it Memorex?®
Something is seriously wrong. Have you seen Michelle Bachmann's hair? Remember Trent Lott's toupee? [Fun fact: Trent's toupee survived the winds of Katrina — the District protecteth — that destroyed his porch, the soon-to-be-reconstructed porch George W. was looking forward to sitting on once the federal dollars started flowing to Mr. Lott's address.] And what's wrong? Their hair!
It's all a vast conspiracy being perpetrated on America by: The Congressional Barbers. But will Brian Beutler look into this?
July 17, 2009 3:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
Alienation of affection? People still file these lawsuits!?
Chip, and the mistress, are idjits. If Republicans weren't so weirdly repressed, this is a no-brainer. You want the Senate seat? Tell the wife to go away. Irreconcilable differences, or something. Get in the Senate. Wait 2 years, then marry the mistress. It will be the social event of DC, and mistress gets to be a Senate Wife.
Leaving Senator Chip free to find another mistress, or an available airport bathroom stall.
July 17, 2009 10:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
Chip having a mistress is no real surprise. He was an ass in high school, and apparently still is.
July 17, 2009 12:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Chip Pickering? Isn't that something you pour on your nachos at a Starkville diner?
July 17, 2009 12:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
no, that's chipped shit on a shingle. but while pickering is pretty shitty, he is not in a cream sauce that i know of.
July 17, 2009 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Its amazing how anyone outside the corporate boardroom votes for these frikken cretins
July 17, 2009 12:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
"The suit alleges that Creekmore-Byrd aimed 'to entice and tortuously interfere' with the Pickerings' marriage, WITH THE HELP of seven unnamed defendants."
"Leisha Pickering apparently gleaned this information from her husband's journals and other documents, which a judge ordered returned to Rep. Pickering."
Again, we are left to ponder which is more emasculating: needing the help of seven of your fellow horn dogs to be enticed by your mistress, or, needing a court order to reclaim your "diary" from your wife?
I have to admit, the last thing I expected from this story was that Larry Craig would end up looking "butch".
July 17, 2009 3:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
what?
Wife sues Pickering for peckering?
July 17, 2009 4:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
From a blogger over at Political Wire:
While engaged in the affair with Creekore Byrd, Pickering said of President Bill Clinton:
“I think for the good of the country and the good of his own family it would be better for him to resign. When someone puts himself forward for public office, then his personal conduct does become relevant.” [Washington Times, 8/20/98]
July 17, 2009 6:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
There's nothing sinister about the C Street fellowship. The group just believes that "love thy neighbor" trumps the Ten Commandments.
See:
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/c-street-sex-scandal
July 18, 2009 1:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
Why would you want to take a pay cut when you can have an "elected/selected" gopher do what you need?
She probably is correct. Why go public and ruin the fun??
July 18, 2009 10:09 AM | Reply | Permalink